LG 4 Clay & Heavy Soils

A traditional 80/20 wildflower mixture for clay soils

  • Area: Ornamental & Landscape
  • Mix: Perennial
  • With grasses: Yes

A traditional 80/20 wildflower mixture for clay soils.

This mixture should be sown on all clay soils and uses species typically found on this soil type.

Farmers and landowners are now being encouraged to establish field margins and new areas of wildflowers which will help populations of butterflies, bees and other insects increase. This also provides habitats for game birds and other wildlife. 

Farmers who meet the eligibility, may be able to sow wildflowers as part of their Countryside Stewardship Scheme levels. Further details are available from www.gov.uk/countrysidestewardship

Strengths

  • For clay soils

  • A traditional 80/20 wildflower mixture

  • Perennial

Technical Information

Sowing rate

Pack size

Mixture Information

Limagrain Field Seeds
Limagrain UK
Rothwell, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, LN7 6DT
Tel: +44 (0)1472 371471 Email: enquiries@limagrain.co.uk Web: www.lgseeds.co.uk
Registered Company No: 1305690 England
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LG 4 Clay & Heavy Soils

A traditional 80/20 wildflower mixture for clay soils

A traditional 80/20 wildflower mixture for clay soils.

This mixture should be sown on all clay soils and uses species typically found on this soil type.

Farmers and landowners are now being encouraged to establish field margins and new areas of wildflowers which will help populations of butterflies, bees and other insects increase. This also provides habitats for game birds and other wildlife. 

Farmers who meet the eligibility, may be able to sow wildflowers as part of their Countryside Stewardship Scheme levels. Further details are available from www.gov.uk/countrysidestewardship

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Key Strengths

  • For clay soils

  • A traditional 80/20 wildflower mixture

  • Perennial

Technical information

Sowing rate

3-5g/m2 

Pack size

1kg

Mixture Information

80% Grass Mixture

Browntop Bent Agrostis capillaris

Chewings Fescue Festuca rubra commutata 

Crested Dogstail Cynosurus cristatus 

Sheeps Fescue Festuca ovina

Slender Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rubra litoralis 

Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass Poa Pratensis

Strong Creeping Red Fescue Festuca rubra rubra

20% Floral Mixture

Birdsfoot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus

Bulbous Buttercup Ranunculus bulbosus 

Common Vetch Vicia sativa

Knapweed Centaurea nigra 

Lady’s Bedstraw Galium verum 

Lesser Trefoil Lotus corniculatus

Oxeye Daisy Leucanthemum vulgare 

Salad Burnet Sanguisorba minor

Self-heal Prunella vulgaris

Teasel Dipsacus fullonum 

Wild Carrot Daucus carota

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